“ As president, Mukherjee could have asserted himself a little more ”
Sep 05, 2020
2 minutes
Veteran Congress leaders P. CHIDAMBARAM and Pranab Mukherjee were often projected as bitter rivals within the party, but their political trajectories were near-identical. Part of the Congress inner circle, both explored political life beyond the Congress and had multiple stints as Union finance minister. Neither a mass leader but both lynchpins of the party on policy matters. Chidambaram spoke to Deputy Editor
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